. >> and i'm elizabeth wenger, michelle griego has the day off. >> and the weather christmas grinch. >> merry christmas guys. hey folks if you're up this morning i'm glad santa's already been here. going to see heavy rain and maybe some thunderstorms and we'll talk about that coming up. >>> and here's a live look right now at a very empty golden gate bridge. traffic is superlight so far on this christmas morning. we'll continue to show you traffic conditions across the bay area and plus an update on mass transit in a few minutes. >> by the way we love you lawrence. >> thank you. >>> 4:30 on christmas day now. new signs show the democrats on capitol hill may be moving forward on a plan to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff next week. they left congress on friday with a promise to return after christmas. er